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Points and Pointers.

1t is bad manners to dip bread in tea OF
coffee at table. Never do it unless when
alone in sick room
Il is not proper to tilt soup plate or use a
teaspoon to gather up the last drops. II
would be very inelesant.
Afternoon receptions where there are music
elocution and lectures are taking the place OF
afternoon teas In New York.
In introducing a lady and gentleman al
ways introduce the gentleman to the lady.
Say "Mrs. Jones, allow me to present Mr.
jenkins, or simply, Mrs. Jones, Mr.. Jen
kins"
The fashionable cards for ladies' are now
nea''y square. thoJsh these have not super
sedod the longer cards Intel used, as many
ladies prefer the latter The name /, printed
upon them ia script
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-08
Painted Lace.

Painted lace is the newest departure IN
decorative fancy work 1t is suitable on cur
tain lace for home decoration, or on trim
ming for ladies' apparel For the latter
Spanish lace is best, as it can be procurei IN
"A variety Of flower patterns, such rs roses,
dni,ics. primro-cs, etc You will require
water color paints, Wnsor & Newtons are
considered best, either in tubes or bottles
The following are the most necessary: 'hi'
nose white. crimson lake, vermilIion, Prus-
sian blue, chrome yellow, burnt sienna ana
Vaudy,c brown. they should be diluted with
n little gum arabic water 10 thin, and preNeht
spreading. or course, by mixing these colors
many desirable shades can be produced, as
for Instance. blue, yellow and burnt sienna
give l.nr olive green, Chinese white with u
tuuch Of vormIillon n lovely pink. think
he li-hter the culoriug the better the effect.
HOGS hair brushes are the best to use, but
Camrrs hair will answer; one small ana ono
medium size.
Fa,tcn your lace smoothly on n board Gov
cred with cloth, and If a number OF yards are
to he painted it is well TO mix sufficient paint
in a bottle aS It is difficult To get the same
Shade when mixed in small quantities: shake
the bottle well before pouring in the saucer
Nottingham lace pillow shams and spread
would be very handsome painted in this way
if desirable pattern could be procured; in
fact there are numberless ways in which this
pretty art could be turned to account rs Will
be seen from the following description OF
bedroom, taken from The New York Herald:
THE walls were painted a delicate cream
color, the ceiling cream, rose color and light
blue \ frieze of Nottingham lace border
twenty-five inches wide designed in daisies,
with deep scallOped edge, was painted IN
colors to match the ceiling, the daisies were
of blue, centred with yellow and brown, the
leaves and stems a delicate green; and the
borders in pink and cream color, the two
tints separated by line Of burnt sienna;
this was stretched around the room and fast
ened with white tacss, the whole having the
appearance Of an elegant fresco. The VIM
dow drapery was Of Nottingham lace, similar
10 the fricze, painted the sam" way; the fur
niture was of brass, the bed curtains pillow
shams and spread also painted, the mantel
was covered by broad strip Of lace painted
and caught up at one side with rosette OF
| light blue and cream satin ribbon. The fur
niture was upholstered in blue and cream
satin, aud olramented with tides OF lace in
wild rose design, painted in the most delicate
tints and tied in place with satin ribbons; the
toilet was also covered with spread Of blue
satin covered with lace painted, and OF pat
tern similar to the Tides. THE Household.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-08

Aunt Mario is convinced that most of you
know why some modes of speech are right
and others wrong, according to the rules of
syntax and of polite usage, but she fears,
nevertheless, that you do not always pay at
tentiou to these rules in your home converse
ton.
Amt that lovely mammaN said Louise,
abiding to u white rose which was blooming
on the bush in the window. Now, in the first
place, the word "ain't' is so vulgar that it
makes your Aunt Marjorie almost faint
Whenever she hears it drop from pretty lips,
and in the second place, being contraction
OF ARE not" it is not possible to parse it if
you use it instead Of sis not"
II amt coming" shouts naughty Phil,
when his brother Tom calls him from the
play ground at dark But Phil, naughty as
he is need not break well known rule
which does not permit plural verb to tie
itself fast to a subject or nominative in the
singular I'm not coming" is what Phil
meant to say.
Hundreds Of people. when they speak Of
persons, say party" when they should say
"perSon.' IL met party down town and he
told me there had been terrible accident on
the Central railroad" The person speaking
should say, Il met person."
Some Of us say mice" when we mean
charming, or beautiful, or satisfactory.
nice taste in the use of words will prevent
you from using nice except when you mean
particular, fastidious or dainty. "Grandna
is very nice about her caps" as any one may
see who observes the snowy bit Of lace above
the silvery hair; but grandma is more than
merely nice old lady, which sounds too
patronizing when one is speaking of the dear
est grandma in the whole world. --Harper's
Nounr PeOule
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Deal Gently.

Consideration for the feelings Of others
should be carried into every department Of
life. Errors and ovelSishts ought never to be
dealt with severely unless they become habit
ual We are all liable to make them, and.
when we do, wish TO be treated leniently.
There is story Of bank president who
threatened to discharge clerk if he did not
find missing paper. The clerk was in de-
spair. He hunted everywhere without sue
cess At last, seeing the presidents oyercoat
hanging where he could examine it without
detection, he explored the pockets and found
the paper When we abuse Others for errors,
let US lie sure we never make one ourselves.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-08

Mr.. Frank Cation somewhere tells en-
amusing story of how, during his South
African wanderinGs, be once wanted to buy
a couple of sheep from an unsophisticated
heather Damara. Current coin i'll that
part of the world is usually represented, it
seems, by cakes of tobacco, and two cakes
were the recognized market price of sheep
in Damara land at the time of Mr. Cations
memorable visit. So the unsuspecting pur-
chaser chose a couple of wethers from the
flock, and naturally enough laid down four
pieces of tobacco to pay for them before the
observant face of the astonished vendor
The Damara eyed the proffered price with
suspicious curiosity. What could be the
meaning Of this singular precipitancy; He
carefully took up two pieces and placed them
in front Of one Of the sheep; then he took up
the other two pieces, with much wonder, and
placed them in front OF the other.
Goodness gracious, thore must be magic in
it, The sum actually came out even. The
Damara for his part, didn't like the look Of
1t. This thing was evidently uncanny. How
could the systematically clever white man
tell beforehand that two and two made
fourl He felt about it, no doubt, as we our
selves should feel if a great mathematician
were suddenly to calculate out for us priori
what we We're going to have to-day for din
ner, and how much exactly we owed the
butcher. After gazing at the two sheep and
the four cakes Of tobacco for brief breath
ing space the puzzled savage, overpowered
but not convinced, pushed away the cakes
with gesture of alarm, took back his sheep
TO the bosom of his flock, and began the
whole transaction over again. He wasn't
going to be cheated out Of his two sound
wethers 10y theoretical white man who
managed bargains for live sheep on such
strictly abstract mathematical principles.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-08
Mind Cure.

This is extremely fashionable now in the
large cities and is rapidly spreading among
the smaller ones. An organ of the mind cure
fraternity has been started in Boston, OF
course. 1t is called Mental Healing and is
published monthly. Many of the most in
telligeut persons in the country have given III
their adhesion to the faith. Physicians have
long been agreed that the mind has the
greatest possible influence on the body. If a
patient can be persuaded that he is getting
better, that very thought draws to him
healthful currents from the atmosphere, and
he RECEIVERS far more rapidly. In brief, rs
concerning the mind cure, all intelligent per
SONS are agreed that there is at least a grain
of truth in it.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-08
ETlQUE TIE.
Small, Social Forms which Differ 1
Different Localities.

Different Localities.
1t has been often said that the best single
rule of etiquette is to do unto others as you
would have others do unto you. But this rule
is hardly complete enough for the guidance Of
IA young man who first goes into what is called
society. There are many details which it is
essential one should learn. These often differ
In different places. For instance, in America
it is customary for lady to speak to II gen
tleman acquaintance first on the street. On
the continent Of Europe the rule is reversed.
Travel famliarizcs one with the different in
tcrpreta;ions OF etiquette in different coun
tries, and shows one that after all there are no
fixed rules for all places. They are, in every
place but triiling barriers to protect people
from Doors on bores, and are Of no intrinsic
importance. The most delightful society il
that in which the members are SO well versed
in rules of etiquette that they can readily
discover when to use and when to dispense
with them.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-08
NIinCe Pie,

Mix four pounds OF cold, lean, boiled meat,
chopped fine; nine pounds Of chopped apples
a pound and 0ne-half OF suet, chopped fine;
five pounds OF sugar; three teaspoonfuls of
ground CLOVIS; ten teaspoonfuls OF ground
cinnamon, i've teaspoonfuls Of ground mace;
one teaspoonful Of ground black pepper; six
tablesloonfus OF salt; one quart OF cider and
vinegar mixed with one quart Of nolasses;
add the juice and gratel rind Of two lemons
aud keep this mince meat IN stone jars. II 1t
becomes too dry aid more liquor when max.
IA. ,re lies
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-08
GOOD hEAlTR..
Some Useful Suggestions About How to
Get and Keep IT.

YET anu sNeVP
Physicians prescribe less medicine than in
former days, and probably would give still
fewer doses if il were not for respect to the
prejudices OF their patients, who feel that
nothing is being done for their cure unless
they have something TO take The truth Is
that often pure mir, rest and abstinence from.
food for II time is all that is needed to give
relief, and the conscientious doctor hestateS
10 order drugs which he knows are unneceS-
sary. If person who is feverish is shut up
in an unventilated room, breathing the same
air over and over again, covered with twice
as many bedclothes as are required, for fear he
might take cold and given whatever he can he
persuaded to eat, the fever is not likely to
ahate. Yet, il when the physician came, he
were to say, "Open the window, take off all
the blankets but one, give him cool sponge
bath and let him have nothing but milk,
cracked ice and cold water" and then 50
away without prescribing further, tho
friends OF the sufferer would shake their
heads and sigh to one another: 1--WE must
send for some one else at once. How can ho
get well without medicine" Whereas the
doctor has really done much more to promote
the recovery OF the sufferer than il he had
left him in the unsanitary condition in when
he found him. and prescribe quinine and AGO
mite I'D libituin.-Good Housekeeping.
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Trimming n Dog.

An old dog trainer told Mr.. Allan Forman:
There is no limit to the number of things
an intelligent dog can be made to do. All it
needs is patience, perseverance and praise on
the part OF the teacher.
always persuade, if possible; never drive
when it can DO avoided, and you will find that
YOU will have but little difficulty in teaching
all YOU want HIM to learn"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-08
pOinpOns.

Baby boys caps are of knit wool, trimmed
at the top In front with three wooden pom
pons The three pompons, set in cluster.
are often OF three different colors Many
ladies knit the pretty caps at home, md make
full, pretty yarn border around them To
make pompon. wind the yarn 800 times
around three fingers, tie through the center,
cut both sides and trim close
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-08
fkSHlONleTS.

Ladies, don't wear your high crowned bon
LETS to the theatre or opera. Take them
of or wear low crowned ones
At the recent breakfast given 10y Sorosis To-
Jenny June many ladies wore their bonnets.
This is wholly contraiv 10 English etiquette.
and besides. 4 is veiy uncomfortable TO at
with bonnet s,.in.s around tbs throat
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-08
A MOTHER HUBBARD HOOD.

1t may he made of white Saxony. Begin
in the center and crochet round and round in
any stitch Preferred, M you would make II
lamp mat After it is large enough crochet
n border of large shells, edging these again
with shells of split zephyr. Draw up wi h
white rubber run through the openings at the
head Of the row OF shells and run white
satin ribbon over the elastic; tie in bow on
top. The rubber travis il in 70 fs the head,
and forms the ruiiie, which Is becoming. Add
strings Of ribbon. New England Farmer.
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WHAT SHALL WE WEAR?
RECEPTION GoWNS--ARTISTic COL
LAR AND CUFF BUTTONS.

pemi-Trained Dresses-Dont Wear "A Bon
net at "A Public Brenkfast-Drsss for
Semi Occasions - Handsome Reception
Toilets.
Dresses for semi-grand occasions, such as
afternoon receptions or evening AT homes,
are much in demand, and great attention Is
paid to their artistic building. A LAZY has
certain afternoons at home when her friends
may call, and these generally extend into the
evening There is a difference OF opinion
whether a woman shall wear her bonnet at
PLAN reception or not. II she expects 10 re-
main an hour or so, it is well to take tho bon
net off; but if she only remains few minutes
she may leave it On, provided it is pretty and
becoming. A good rule is this: IL you look
better with your bonnet on, leave 1t on; II
OH, take it Off Most ladies look prettler
bareheadcd.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-08
Iyeheading.

The name OF n southern state. Behead and
leave knowing. Bchcad again and leave
something to sell Bchead again and leave
verb. one form ~ the verb to be. Behead
finally und leave Latin word often used IN
Ia " phrases
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-08
COLLAR AND CUFF BUTTONS.

Antique designs and bizarre and novel
ones arc much sought after. The buttons,
however, aro smaller and less flashy in ap
pearance than they were some time ago
They are real works of art Sleeve buttons
are now universally made with sliding
lever, so that they can be unshipped, SO to
speak and the shank put through the button
hole without trouble or tearing
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r w. BREWER, Attorney ana Counselor 81
House Block, Ottawa, III.
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Two Hoods
A SCARF HOOD.

Our readers will find here description OF
two hoods which they can easily make, and
which will be- very convenient
A SCARF HOOD.
Materals-Cream white, blue or pink Lady
Grey wool and two-threaded Saxony. No.
10 bone or wood needles, With the Lady
Grey wool, cast on $50 stitches, knit three
plain rows, then with the two thread Saxony
knit two plain rows. Continue in this way
alternating tie rows, until q strip yard and
IA half long is finished Tie fringe into one
end Draw the other end up In bunch and
place on it a pretty bow OF ribbon Tho end
with the bow is the hood part The other
end is brought around the neck and thrown
over the shoulder. IL is as comfortable aS
the old fashioned nubias or "clouds," as they
were called, but is very much more becoming
and ornamental
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~ GRIGGS, Attorney and Counselor ~ Law
~. ONCE In LynCh's block, Main street, Ottawa. Ill
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n MoDOU9AII, Attorney at Law Ottawa
~. III once in 0edneys Block dec27e
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= y. LINCOLN, Attorney at Law. Ofno'
.. over No 10 La Sale street, west side ~ Thu
irt House, Ottawa. III. JulySTs
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HIRAM T. GILBERT. JAMks II. BCKsLs.
jNILBERT q Eek E1IS, Attorneys snC
VI Counselors At Law, Futteref Metzger's Block.
east OF Court House. sepas,S3
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professional TarDe.
ATT o q n e Y 8 .

~ G. SWIFT, Attorney at law, Arlnory BLOCK
IL. Special attention given 10 probate matters.
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NR. IL. w. WEBS, tDeutcher I'octor.) lat.
~ Physician and Surgeon 70 the ST. Louis Femai'
Hospital Once over Stisfes Clothing Store. corner
Main and Ia sale streets. Residence on south bluff
Al Mrs Reu.p sp@
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nR. q. MILLER, the well known Oculis
~ and Aur,st. 0ttawa, Ill. Office, over Lynchs dry
goods store, Main street.
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III NJ. GODFREY, M: D., c.
II. Bdipourg. Osfce, In Armours new buildiRg OF
Madison street. Residence II Webster st. saRliE
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sRNBY MAYO JOHN n. wIDMBR.
MAYO & wIDMER, Attorney a. Law
VI Once In EsttiRgeY's Block. corner OF ALT
and Main streets front nom up stairs. Ottawa. III
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Winter 10 Coming.

Winter 10 Coming.
Twill soon be here,
The season drear
OF snow and bad sore throats;
Wen then expect
To resurrect
Last winters overcoats,
-Caothier and Furnishse.
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Poisons in Food.

We are hearing a good deal of late
about poisons in food containing protein
compounds, such as the casein of milk
and the myosin of lean meat and fish.
The protein compounds are prone to de-
cay-that is, to be decomposed by the
action Of the ferments called bacteria or
microbes. In certain forms of decompo-
sition substances of a more or less poison
Gus nature, called ptomaines, are formed
from protein. 1t appears to be in this
way that poisonous compounds are formed
in cheese, meats, etc. While the true
digestive ferments, such as the ptyalin of
saliva and pepsin of gastric juice, are
very different from the ferments Just
spoken of, yet microbes exist in the di
gestive apparatus of even the healthiest
people, and within a short time past it
has been found that poisonous compounds,
formed probably by the action of mi
crobes, often occur within our bodies.
The natural inference-it is not posi-
lively proved, | Thinks that there may
be cases in which the protein of certain
kinds of food is thus transformed into in
furious substances while passing through
the alimentary canal. Perhaps this is the
reason why certain persons cannot endure
milk without pain or nausea, and it is
not impossible that many of the cases in
which one kind of food or another causes
sickness may, in the light of future re-
search, be attributed to such fermenta-
tons within the body.-W. 0. Atwater
in The Century.
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1.-THE day of the water wheel is over, "
said a large manufacturer. Il dom
know of any business that has suffered so
much as ours from new inventions. The
many excellent portable and gas engines
that have been put on the market within
the last few years have almost entirely
superseded the cumbersome water wheel.
There will undoubtedly always be GER
tain demand for wheels where they have
been already in operation and where the
water supply is good, but new factories
find it cheaper TO run by steam than to
build mill dams. The new order of
things no longer leaves the manufacturer
at the mercy of the elements. Fortunes
have been lost on forfeited contracts by
mills having to close down in the busy
season on account of long continued
drought The water wheel trade is now
largely confined to foreign markets and
new countries. They disappear as popu-
lation increases and gas is introduced. -
New York Evening Sun.
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A Sleepy Headed Duke

The Duke of Edinburgh is getting UP a
reputation as the champion sleeper and
also as the champion boor among all the
royal pcrsonages Of Europe. Last spring
this sleepy headed admiral laid such stress
upon the enjoyment of his slumbers at
Cannes, on the occasion of Queen Vic
toria visit to that place, that he refused
to allow the British fleet under his COM
mand to return the royal salute of the
French squandron to his mother until he
had slept all he wanted TO, which did not
come to pass until several hours after the
time that official courtesy demanded an
Acknowledgement in kind of the noisy
welcome Of the French guns. Of course,
the French admiral and the French peo-
pie were furious over this marked dis
courtesy.
But the Duke of Edinburgh sleeps in
spite of everything. For example, it is
reported that recently the British Medi-
terranean fleet arrived at an Algerian port
and the French officials went on board
the flagship to pay their respects TO the
duke as the commander of the squadron.
But Edinburgh was at his usual business.
He was SO fast asleep that his valet re-
fused to arouse him, and the insulted
Frenchmen hurried ashore without a
chance to pay their respects. The mat
tress of this boorish duke must certainly
be stuffed with peoples. New York
Graphic.
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Some curious documents Just found in
the archives of the Paris prefecture of
police throw an interesting and instruc-
tive light on the manner in which the
streets of Paris were guarded during the
night in the Sixteenth century. To begin
with. there were stringent rules to the
effect that each house should have only
one door and should be regularly in
hablted. This being the case, it was a
comparatively easy task to order that the
jewellers in the different houses should in
turn keep an eye ON what was going on
in their respective streets. They were
not compelled to tramp up and down the
pavement like the modern policeman;
the authorities were satisfied if they
looked through their windows and
watched all that was going on below. If
the slightest cry were raised they opened
their windows and rang their bells until
their neigl;bors followed suit. The alarm
spread from street to street, and soon all
the bells in Paris were ringing, the win
dows were lit up, and the Inhabitants,
armed to the teeth, sailed forth, barring
the road to the malefactors, who were
almost always arrested.
need hardly explain that the Paris of
those days was liliputian in comparison
with what it is now; but what an I'M
comfortable way they had of keeping the
peace IN the Sixteenth century! The
remedy was positively worse than the
disease, for it was hard that the inhabit-
ants of one street should be awakened
out Of their first sleep because the dwell
cd hot
something wrong was going on. One
would fancy that in some quarter or an
other some noise at least must have been
made every night The slumbers of the
Parisians generally must often have been
woefully curtailed, not to speak of the
volunteer Waterman for whom ''all night
sittings'' We're a stern reality.
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